NEWS: Sixth Circuit confirms that Judges Sutton, White, and Thapar will hear the Sept. 1 arguments over Tennessee and Kentucky's bans on gender-affirming care for minors — the same judges who, on 2-1 votes, have allowed the laws to go into effect. https://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/sites/ca6/files/documents/oral_argument_calendars/09012023_arg.pdf

If you're just catching up from the weekend, I've published two reports at Law Dork since Friday: - one on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and Trump's disqualification from being president under it:

Trump is almost certainly disqualified from being president. Will it matter?

Will Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen hyper-launched an essential discussion, but the question now is whether anything will be done about it. Also:...

- one on the Sunday night ruling in Georgia halting enforcement of that state's new ban on hormone therapy for trans minors:

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors

U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty, a Biden appointee, issued the preliminary injunction Sunday after a hearing earlier this month.

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Breaking: Judge blocks Georgia's ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors New, at Law Dork:

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors

U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty, a Biden appointee, issued the preliminary injunction Sunday after a hearing earlier this month.

In the first half of August, I published 11 reports at Law Dork— covering SCOTUS, Trump, anti-LGBTQ laws, voting, abortion, criminal justice, DeSantis, democracy, and more. Plus, live coverage here. Consider a paid subscription if you’ve been reading my work.

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BREAKING: Fifth Circuit rules that challenges to mifepristone's initial approval and to generic approval likely fail. Court rules that the 2016 and later rule changes will likely succeed. But, all remains on hold due to SCOTUS. More to come at Law Dork:

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INDICTMENT 5: Georgia v. Trump. Also indicted, 18 others, including Giuliani, Eastman, Chesebro, Meadows, Clark, Ellis, Roman, Powell. From Kyle Cheney:

23SC188947 - CRIMINAL INDICTMENT

While we’re waiting on Georgia, read about voting rights battles to Georgia’s west in Alabama and south in Florida:

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

From my extensive Q&A with voting rights lawyer and Elias Law Group partner Abha Khanna, on still caring in the face of this political and legal environment.

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

In 30 minutes, Abha Khanna and others will be arguing to a federal court that Alabama's congressional map remains illegal under the Voting Rights Act. As she told me, Alabama's behavior shows "the need for Section 2 is greater than ever, alive and well."

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

Alabama has decided in effect, to ignore the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling. Abha Khanna, one of the lawyers who argued at SCOTUS against Alabama and will be back in court Monday, talked with me at length about the case and much more:

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

Tonight, at Law Dork:

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

NEW: I sat down with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna — one of the lawyers who successfully argued this past #SCOTUS term’s big Voting Rights Act case — about the win, Alabama’s “straight-up defiant” response, and the broader landscape across the nation.

The Law Dork Q&A with voting rights lawyer Abha Khanna

Coming off a big Supreme Court win, Khanna tells Law Dork: "The fight matters. It’s not just what keeps the hope alive for another day, but actua...

Alright! I've got a big interview coming out at 8p. If you're interested in voting rights and democracy, make sure you're subscribed to Law Dork now:

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Did you see? A federal judge in Idaho put the state’s new anti-trans school bathrooms law on hold for now — a ruling that came a week before the new school year is set to begin in Idaho.

Federal judge puts Idaho schools bathroom ban on hold before new school year starts

"School districts may choose how to organize their bathrooms," U.S. District Judge David Nye ruled. "[T]he State of Idaho will not be mandating tha...

NEWS: On Thursday, a federal judge in Idaho put that state's new anti-trans schools bathroom ban on hold by granting a temporary restraining order:

Federal judge puts Idaho schools bathroom ban on hold before new school year starts

"School districts may choose how to organize their bathrooms," U.S. District Judge David Nye ruled. "[T]he State of Idaho will not be mandating tha...

Here is the protective order issued today in USA v. Trump (DC): https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.28.0.pdf

In just one sign of how far Ohio Republicans overstepped here, No on Issue One is winning by one (1) vote right now in Ohio's Clark County, which Donald Trump won in 2020 by a 60.8%-37.5% margin. New at Law Dork:

Ohioans defeat Issue One in victory for democracy and abortion rights

The defeat of a measure to make amending Ohio's constitution more difficult means a reproductive rights measure on the November ballot will face a ...

Sorry to have been off-line all day after publishing this bombshell late last night. Had a full day scheduled today, so wanted to get the news out and conversation started — and am so glad to see that it has. Subscribe to Law Dork to support my work:

Judge orders lawyers to take extremist advocacy group's "religious-liberty training"

U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr ordered three Southwest Airlines lawyers to take 8 hours of "instruction" from Alliance Defending Freedom as par...

Trump asked for more time to respond to Smith’s request on the protective order, which had followed Trump’s Truth social post — and was quickly denied by Judge Chutkan. 5p Monday deadline for a response stands.

A weekend read from Law Dork: My Q&A with Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, who talks with me about being an out lesbian Dem leader in the midst of a GOP-led anti-LGBTQ legislative wave — and on the eve of Tuesday’s pivotal Issue One vote.

Ohio's out lesbian Senate Dem leader works to stop "out of touch" anti-LGBTQ bills

"[W]e're talking about people's lives here." The Law Dork Q&A with Ohio Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, including the Aug. 8 Issue One vote.